Support & Services for Educators
Indigenous Education & Awareness
In 2015, The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) published its Calls To Action; calling specifically on educators to make changes.
Even the best-intentioned and culturally aware educators may feel unsure as to how to address these calls. Our workshops and seminars support non-Indigenous educators and administrators regardless of where they are on their path of reconciliation.
Services include:
Reading & Literacy
Our evidence and research-based approach to learning bridges the vast divide between the most current research and what actually happens in the classroom. We use the most currently published research to address cognitive challenges with literacy and learning to read.
Services include:
Deaf and hard of hearing Education
Classrooms are filled with more students with exceptionalities- including students who are Deaf or those who have hearing loss.
Often described as an ‘invisible disability’, hearing loss is sometimes overlooked by educators and even by specialists. There is a misconception that technologies like cochlear implants, hearing aids and FM systems fixes the student’s hearing loss.
With greater access to and a deeper understanding of neurological activity, scientists have discovered that all hearing loss (even mild hearing loss) has profound impact on cognitive functions and processes.
Services include:
Gender-focussed Education
The traditional focus of Canadian history on the accomplishments of 'the white male' has meant that many stories and perspectives are missing. There is work to be done in classrooms to ensure that students learn a history that foregrounds men and women’s stories. The reality is that if girls don’t see themselves as complex female characters – how can they become them?
Gender equity workshops challenge the traditional male-centred texts and curricula in schools and at the same time, explores what would happen if boys and girls knew more about incredible Canadian women.
Services include:
In 2015, The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) published its Calls To Action; calling specifically on educators to make changes.
Even the best-intentioned and culturally aware educators may feel unsure as to how to address these calls. Our workshops and seminars support non-Indigenous educators and administrators regardless of where they are on their path of reconciliation.
Services include:
- Introduction to the TRC’s Calls To Action & the roll of the education system
- Workshops focussing on Indigenous and Reconciliatory pedagogy in Special Education
- Supporting educators with practical ways to bring Indigenous content, pedagogy and methodologies into the classroom
Reading & Literacy
Our evidence and research-based approach to learning bridges the vast divide between the most current research and what actually happens in the classroom. We use the most currently published research to address cognitive challenges with literacy and learning to read.
Services include:
- Workshops on evidence-based research regarding literacy, phonological processes and skills
- Practical applications of the current research for the classroom
Deaf and hard of hearing Education
Classrooms are filled with more students with exceptionalities- including students who are Deaf or those who have hearing loss.
Often described as an ‘invisible disability’, hearing loss is sometimes overlooked by educators and even by specialists. There is a misconception that technologies like cochlear implants, hearing aids and FM systems fixes the student’s hearing loss.
With greater access to and a deeper understanding of neurological activity, scientists have discovered that all hearing loss (even mild hearing loss) has profound impact on cognitive functions and processes.
Services include:
- Workshops regarding hearing loss and Phonological Processes, Executive Skills and Working Memory
- Seminars regarding hearing loss and language acquisition as well as language deprivation syndrome
- Targeted support, intervention and programming addressing specific educational needs
Gender-focussed Education
The traditional focus of Canadian history on the accomplishments of 'the white male' has meant that many stories and perspectives are missing. There is work to be done in classrooms to ensure that students learn a history that foregrounds men and women’s stories. The reality is that if girls don’t see themselves as complex female characters – how can they become them?
Gender equity workshops challenge the traditional male-centred texts and curricula in schools and at the same time, explores what would happen if boys and girls knew more about incredible Canadian women.
Services include:
- Workshops exploring gender equity in curriculum and education
- Lesson plans and workshops for staff and students explores gender in textbooks and Canadian history